Conservative and Unionist Party MP for Kenilworth and Southam.
Wright has been active in the Commons this month on defence and national security. He voted with Conservative colleagues on the opposition day motion pushing the government to act faster on defence spending, and backed several amendments to the Armed Forces Bill at Report Stage. On the National Security (State Threats) Bill, he opposed a timetable motion limiting debate — consistent with his stronger-than-average commitment to parliamentary scrutiny — and backed an amendment designed to preserve judicial oversight over the new state threat powers. None of these were rebel votes; all sat within Conservative party lines.
His participation rate of 48% is well below the Commons average, though his 256 contributions across 100 debates suggest selective but substantive engagement when he does attend. His voting record shows a consistent pattern: 100% aligned with Conservative positions on business and anti-tax stances, and 100% on parliamentary and Lords scrutiny — slightly above his own party's average on both. He diverges from the party on pro-parliamentary accountability (50% versus the party's 66%) and pro-housing-development votes, where he scores zero against the party's already-low 10%. His most frequent speech topics are economy and jobs, defence, and crime.
His local news footprint is largely positive in tone: recent coverage links him to advocacy on automotive industry issues, a new banking hub in Kenilworth, and cancer detection briefings. He sits on the Panel of Chairs and was a member of the Speaker's Conference in 2024. His background includes serving as Attorney General (2014--2017) and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (2017--2019), which helps explain his recurring engagement with technology and crime debates. News sentiment data for the past 90 days shows a neutral average across 47 articles, with no strong positive or negative pattern.
The Rt Hon Sir Jeremy Wright is the Conservative MP for Kenilworth and Southam, and has been an MP continually since 5 May 2005.
Top eight by total divisions voted, this parliament. Volume measures engagement, not direction — see Notable Votes for free-vote moments and rebellions.
Source · The Public Whip · Hansard
Moments where the whip was free, or where Wright broke ranks. Free votes are the truer signal of personal stance.
No rebellions or free votes recorded yet.
Source · Hansard
“Polling station accessibility has improved; equipment is available but awareness-raising is the priority, with further recommendations to follow from the Electoral Commission's aut…”
“Challenges the Government's logic: either the threat is genuinely urgent (in which case legislation should have been introduced months ago when the reviewer's report was published)…”
“The prohibited purpose test duplicates the designation process and creates an additional evidentiary hurdle that will make convictions harder to secure, contradicting the Bill's st…”
“Secretary of state's powers in clauses 1–3 are too broad; definition of steel undertaking could catch tangential steelmakers, public interest test is undefined and expansible, and …”
Select, joint and other committees Wright currently sits on. Committee work is where much of the line-by-line scrutiny of bills and departments happens, away from the chamber.
| Committee | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Conference (2024) | Member | Select |
| Panel of Chairs | Member | Select |
Source · UK Parliament Committees API
Committee seats are where backbenchers shape legislation and hold departments to account. Wright sits on 2.
| Department | Qs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Transport | 2 | 66.7% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 1 | 33.3% |
What plans she has to meet with disabled people's organisations on the third cycling and walking investment strategy.
The consultation on the third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy outlines that by 2035, the Government wants walking, wheeling and cycling to be a safe, easy and accessible option for everyone. Disabled People’s organisations have been…read full →
What assessment she has made of the potential merits of using the third cycling and walking investment strategy to set targets for a) the National Cycle Network, b) Bikeability and c) the national walking, wheeling and cycling network.
The consultation on the third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, is seeking the views of stakeholders on a national vision, statutory objectives and underlying performance indicators. The shape of the final strategy, intended to be pu…read full →
Whether the Local Power Plan will contain measures to enable community energy schemes to sell electricity that they generate directly to local customers.
The Local Power Plan will put local authorities and communities at the heart of the energy transition, giving them a stake in the shift to net zero as owners and partners in clean energy projects, allowing more to come online. Small-scale e…read full →
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Source · Members API · Last amended 24 Feb 2026
| Category | £ | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 244,111 | 82.7% |
| Accommodation | 25,585 | 8.7% |
| Office Costs | 17,300 | 5.9% |
| Staff Travel | 4,412 | 1.5% |
| MP Travel | 3,720 | 1.3% |
| Total · 122 claims | 295,128 | 100% |
Source · IPSA · FY 24_25
Nothing tabled for Wright on the published Order Paper this week.
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kenilworth and Southam | 19,395 | 36.4% | Won |
| 2019 | Kenilworth and Southam | 30,351 | 57.7% | Won |
| 2017 | Kenilworth and Southam | 31,207 | 60.8% | Won |
| 2015 | Kenilworth and Southam | 28,474 | 58.4% | Won |
| 2010 | Kenilworth and Southam | 25,945 | 53.6% | Won |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy WrightWON | Con | 19,395 | 36.4 |
Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see Kenilworth and Southam →